The Montgomery County school system might be forced to increase class sizes and eliminate hundreds of teaching and staff positions if schools don't receive the minimum funding set by Maryland law next year, Superintendent Jerry D. Weast warned at the beginning of what is likely to be a bitter budget... Full Story »
Zoning legislation for Maryland's largest proposed slots casino will be back on the agenda Dec. 21 after the Anne Arundel County Council postponed a vote Monday at a meeting that ran until nearly midnight. Full Story »
A Forestville man who testified that he struck his girlfriend in self-defense after she attacked him was convicted of second-degree murder Tuesday by a Prince George's County jury. Full Story »
Signs to help motorists reach the new Intercounty Connector from nearby roads will be about a third smaller than initially planned, and far fewer will be overhead, a Maryland highway official said Tuesday. Full Story »
Three Prince George's County men are charged in connection with what police called a domestic-related homicide in Mount Rainier, authorities said Tuesday. Full Story »
Four months after controversy led to the ouster of its chief, the Maryland government agency that provides legal defense to poor people has a new leader: Paul DeWolfe, who has held a similar position in Montgomery County for nine years. He started in his new position Tuesday. "I love representing... Full Story »
Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley on Tuesday threw open swine flu shots to all who want them -- and Joann Butler shrugged. Full Story »
An 11-year-old girl got a serious scare early Tuesday when her rubber-soled boot became stuck in an escalator at the Minnesota Avenue Metro station in Northeast Washington, shutting down the stairway. Full Story »
D.C. public schools made outsize gains in mathematics during the past six years, according to federal report card released Tuesday that shows the city school system, long derided as one of the nation's worst, as progressing faster than most of its urban peers. Full Story »
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood unveiled on Tuesday details of the administration's plan to take over safety regulation of the nation's subway and light-rail systems, a proposal that would give federal authorities the power to bring lawsuits and seek criminal sentences. Full Story »
A 29-year-old District man has died from stab wounds he suffered in August, D.C. police said. Full Story »
A close friend of Collin McKenzie-Gude's told investigators that the former Bethesda honor student, who kept a small arsenal in his bedroom, was plotting to assassinate Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign, federal prosecutors stated in a court filing Monday. Full Story »
The free H Street Shuttle, which was suspended Sunday because of a loss in funding, will resume service by Dec. 21, according to a spokeswoman for Mayor Adrian M. Fenty. Full Story »
At least 700 former employees of the now-defunct security company that used to protect the District's schools and government buildings could get money owed to them in an agreement arranged by the city government and the U.S. Department of Labor. Full Story »
Abe Pollin was days away from breaking ground on an affordable-housing development in Northeast Washington, and the forecast was shaping up perfectly: Rain was on the way -- which meant there would probably be a gloppy carpet of mud at the ceremony. "And one thing he always talked about as a builder... Full Story »
A Colorado woman who won a $1.2 million home in Edgewater in a $50-a-ticket raffle in January has sold the property to a Severna Park church at a bargain-basement price. Full Story »
Officials in Prince George's County unveiled a $76 million public safety communications system Monday that they say will eliminate radio dead spots in the county and make it easy for police and fire agencies from different jurisdictions to talk. Full Story »
Montgomery County officials have reached an out-of-court settlement with a former assistant fire chief involved in a four-car pileup last year, limiting the possibility that more details will be made public about his condition at the scene of the crash and about police and fire department responses... Full Story »
Facing a massive budget shortfall but fearing a political backlash, Fairfax County officials voted late Monday against a plan to bring a meals tax up for a special countywide vote in March. Full Story »
For nearly five days, police said, Veronica D. Deramous kept the pregnant woman, bound with duct tape, inside her Suitland apartment, giving her food and drink to keep her alive. Deramous wanted the woman's unborn baby girl, police said, and was willing to get it by any means. Full Story »
Charter schools will have a new place to turn for advice next year when members of the D.C. Public Charter School Board start a nonprofit organization that will research how the schools can best be run. Full Story »
Developers of Maryland's largest planned slots casino secured one of two key votes they were seeking Monday to move the controversial project forward: approval from the state. Full Story »
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Acold wind off the Severn River blew on the old men of Pearl Harbor on Monday. Full Story »
The D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs has ordered D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray to apply for permits for electrical work completed at his Southeast home this year and to explain last year's installation of an iron fence and electric garage door -- projects that Gray said... Full Story »
Christmas decorations illuminate Berlin's main shopping streets. AP Photo/Franka Bruns
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